{"id":692,"date":"2025-04-03T15:17:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T13:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ftmo.com\/?post_type=trading-updates&#038;p=653445"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:17:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T13:17:50","slug":"trading-update-3-apr-2025","status":"publish","type":"trading-updates","link":"https:\/\/ftmo.com\/au\/blog\/trading-updates\/trading-update-3-apr-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Trading Update | 3 Apr 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weekend Maintenance,<\/br><br \/>\nListing of USDSGD and USDCNH on All Platforms, <\/br><br \/>\nChing Ming Festival, <\/br><br \/>\nDaylight Saving Time Change in Australia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[10],"class_list":["post-692","trading-updates","type-trading-updates","status-publish","hentry","category-trading-updates"],"acf":{"main_content":"All times hereafter are expressed in the MetaTrader platform time \u2013 <strong>GMT+3<\/strong>.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>Weekend Maintenance:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nMaintenance will be carried out on trading platforms <strong>DXtrade<\/strong>, <strong>MT4<\/strong>, and <strong>MT5<\/strong>\u00a0on <strong>Saturday<\/strong>, <strong>5 Apr\u00a02025<\/strong>, between\u00a0<strong>08<\/strong>:<strong>00<\/strong> and <strong>14<\/strong>:<strong>00<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, maintenance will be carried out on the <strong>cTrader<\/strong> platform on <strong>Saturday<\/strong>, <strong>5 Apr\u00a02025<\/strong>, between\u00a0<strong>08<\/strong>:<strong>00<\/strong> and <strong>21<\/strong>:<strong>00<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nDuring the maintenance period, trading on the specified platforms will be <b class=\"black-bold\">disabled<\/b>, and access to the platforms may be<b class=\"black-bold\"> fully restricted<\/b>.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>Ching Ming Festival<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nDue to the Ching Ming Festival holiday on <strong>Friday<\/strong>, <strong>4 Apr 2025<\/strong>, there will be changes to the trading sessions for the following symbols:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>HK50.cash will be closed<\/strong> for the whole day.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>GER40.cash<\/strong> and <strong>UK100.cash<\/strong> will have an early close at <strong>23<\/strong>:<strong>00<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<h3 data-start=\"66\" data-end=\"110\"><strong>Daylight Saving Time Change in Australia<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"112\" data-end=\"243\">Starting <strong>Sunday<\/strong>, <strong>6 Apr 2025<\/strong>, Australia will transition to Daylight Saving Time (DST). Trading will continue without interruption. As a result, beginning <strong data-start=\"268\" data-end=\"292\">Monday, 7 Apr 2025<\/strong>, the trading hours for <strong data-start=\"316\" data-end=\"331\">AUS200.cash<\/strong> will shift <b class=\"black-bold\">one hour forward<\/b> across all platforms.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"392\" data-end=\"520\">The new trading hours will be 02:55\u201309:30 and 10:15\u201323:55, instead of the current trading hours 01:55\u201308:30 and 09:15\u201323:00.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>Listing of USDSGD and USDCNH on All Platforms:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<strong>SDSGD<\/strong> and <strong>USDCNH<\/strong> have been available on Free Trial Metatrader servers for a week, and we will be listing it on all platforms\u2019 <b class=\"black-bold\">non-demo servers <\/b>on <strong>Thursday<\/strong>, <strong>3 Apr 2025<\/strong>. The symbols will initially be set to <b class=\"black-bold\">read-only<\/b>, with trading enabled starting on <strong>Monday<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>7 Apr 2025<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nThe USDSGD is a CFD currency symbol designed to track the spot price of the US dollar versus the Singapore dollar, and the USDCNH is a CFD currency symbol designed to track the spot price of the US dollar versus the Chinese Yuan. Both symbols have a contract size of 100,000<span class=\"black-bold\">, with<\/span> a commission of 3 USD per lot (round-trip). <b class=\"black-bold\"><\/b><b class=\"black-bold\"><\/b>The default trading hours follow the same schedule as other Exotic pairs; you can view these hours on the trading platform or on the <a href=\"https:\/\/ftmo.com\/en\/symbols\/\">Symbols<\/a>\u00a0page. Under normal conditions, positions can be held open Monday to Friday across all account types. However, traders using non-Swing FTMO accounts must close positions before the weekend.\r\n\r\nAs always, please monitor announcements for any upcoming holidays or maintenance periods.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>","secondary_content":"Overnight rollover\u00a0<b class=\"black-bold\">swaps<\/b>\u00a0are subject to regular changes and adjustments, reflecting, among other things, interest rate differentials and dividend adjustments. If you are holding positions overnight, please be reminded that it is your responsibility to check these swaps in the contract specification for each symbol, and to adjust (if needed) and manage your positions accordingly. FTMO is not responsible for trading results affected by swap changes or adjustments.","the_situation_in_ukraine":"[dropdown title=\"The situation in Ukraine - geopolitical development, sanctions, and markets\"]\r\nDue to the war in Ukraine, traders can experience increased uncertainty in the markets, accompanied by\u00a0<strong>increased volatility<\/strong>\u00a0on many assets, along with the possibility of\u00a0<strong>price spikes, whipsaws, flash crashes, spread widening and liquidity supply issues<\/strong>. Traders are advised to pay extra caution while trading during these times.\u00a0<strong>Risk management and capital preservation<\/strong> should be the key focus of every trader, just as being aware and adaptive to the market conditions that might be unpredictable or risky.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, at this time, we are not allowed to process\u00a0<strong>payments to regions of Crimea, Sevastopol, Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine<\/strong>\u00a0and our clients from there, as per the latest sanctions imposed in connection with the war in Ukraine. There are also sanctions targeting some Russian banks and high-profile individuals. We are not allowed to process any payouts to clients and banks on the sanction list. Payouts to our clients from\/in the subject locations, or being subject to the sanctions list, will be possible once the imposed sanctions are lifted. 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